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Prefrontal cortex
Prefrontal cortex: is the most anterior part of the frontal lobe in the human brain. The prefrontal cortex is critical for executive functions in humans, which includes decision making, planning, short-term memory retention, and speech production. The prefrontal cortex is thought to have developed and expanded more recently, in terms of evolution, and is larger in humans than it is in non-human primates. As such, the prefrontal cortex is thought to play a major role in the unique characteristics that make humans different from our primate ancestors.
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OCT 24, 2016
Videos
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...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 31, 2016
Neuroscience
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...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 18, 2016
Health & Medicine
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...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
AUG 15, 2016
Neuroscience
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...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
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Neuroscience
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Written By:
Cassidy Reich
MAY 03, 2016
Neuroscience
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Neuroscience
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Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 16, 2016
Cannabis Sciences
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FEB 16, 2016
Neuroscience
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...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
JAN 13, 2016
Neuroscience
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...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 06, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
Cocaine is the most powerful stimulant with natural origins. Once addicted to the drug, few users are able to quit succe
...
AUG 14, 2015
Neuroscience
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...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 23, 2015
Neuroscience
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...
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MAY 18, 2015
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...
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Neuroscience
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Written By:
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FEB 25, 2015
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Neuroscience
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...
FEB 03, 2014
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...